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see the slopes of the mountains covered as if with red 

 tapestry. 



The soil is here all decomposed rock. Sometimes, how- 



Photo. Jacobson. 



FIG. 110. Part of an old cocoa tield in Trinidad. 



ever, on the banks of a stream or river, there may 

 be a considerable depth of alluvial deposit. Though 

 the chemical composition of the soil is not of great 

 interest from a practical point of view, an analysis of 



